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| defrag not working When I run disk defrag the files are still completely separated. Instead of 1 or 2 large blue blocks of files I have several dozen very thin blue lines and my hard disk seems to be constant working furiously during routine processing. Any suggestions to better layout the files on my disk for smoother, faster processing or to make sure my defrag is working properly? -- jj |
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| Re: defrag not working If you're not satisfied with the Windows Defrag you may wish to check out 3rd party ones - Enhancing file system performance http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp Raxco - PerfectDisk - Defragmentation http://www.raxco.com/ -- ==================================== TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2007 - Australia ==================================== How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Defending your machine: http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/ http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm "JJ" <JJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5AB8A505-0101-4C18-9840-315060C49245@microsoft.com... | When I run disk defrag the files are still completely separated. Instead of 1 | or 2 large blue blocks of files I have several dozen very thin blue lines and | my hard disk seems to be constant working furiously during routine | processing. Any suggestions to better layout the files on my disk for | smoother, faster processing or to make sure my defrag is working properly? | -- | jj |
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| Re: defrag not working =?Utf-8?B?Sko=?= <JJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:5AB8A505-0101-4C18-9840-315060C49245@microsoft.com: > When I run disk defrag the files are still completely separated. > Instead of 1 or 2 large blue blocks of files I have several dozen > very thin blue lines and my hard disk seems to be constant working > furiously during routine processing. Any suggestions to better > layout the files on my disk for smoother, faster processing or to > make sure my defrag is working properly? > If your files were fragmented, you wouldn't be seeing blue lines, you'd be seeing red lines. "Hard disk ... working furiously during routine processing" is not always a sign of a defragmanted disk. Assuming that you don't have any malware/viruses on your machine, the most likely cause for this is that you have run out of RAM memory and your computer has switched over to virtual (disk) memory. How much RAM does your system have? HTH, John |
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